Moscow Open Rd.4 – Four leaders in both open tournaments

Feb 5, 2013

The International Chess Festival “Moscow Open 2013″ is taking place from 31st January to 11th February, 2013, at the Russian State Social University (RSSU), B. Pick Street, 4, metro station “Botanical Garden” in Moscow.

A nice case of symmetry has presented itself in the Moscow Open festival: both groups have four leaders after four rounds, all with a perfect score of 4/4. GM Mamedov, GM Adhiban, GM Ponkratov, and GM Ibragimov lead the open section, leaders in the women section are IM Ovod, IM Romanko, FM Stetsko, and WFM Tomnikova.

During Moscow Open round 3 the Indian players had the misfortune of being paired against each other in two of the top boards; today, once again, two of the three perfect-scorers were paired against each other. B. Adhiban proved that he is in good shape and beat the Gibraltar finalist Chanda Sandipan with the Black pieces. Sandipan had a decent advantage throughout the game, but was not able to bring the point home. Adhiban defended fiercely and eventually turned the tables to score his 4th straight win. He will face the Russian GM Pavel Ponkratov in tomorrow’s fifth round.

The all-India game: Adhiban - Sandipan (1-0)

The strong match-ups on the top boards are a fact, and a 22-move victory on the first board is certainly a surprise at this stage. That is exactly what GM Rauf Mamedov did: the Azerbaijani trapped Alexandre Danin’s queen in the middle of the board. The game started as a French Defense with the black bishop on g7. The white pieces threatened a direct attack against the black king, and by doing so, took strong centralized positions on the board. With the black light-squared bishop totally useless on c8, it did not take too long for white to win the point; this positional advantage materialized when the black queen found itself trapped on d7. The Russian resigned immediately.

The other players who joined on the top postion are the American GM Ildar Ibragimov, who defeated Illya Nyzhnyk, and the Russian GM Pavel Ponkratov, who outplayed the Indian V.R. Venkatesh on the 4th board.

Moscow Open – Standings after 4 rounds:

1

GM

Mamedov Rauf

AZE

-

2651

-

4.0

GM

Ibragimov Ildar

USA

-

2555

-

4.0

3

GM

Ponkratov Pavel

RUS

-

2584

-

4.0

4

GM

Adhiban B.

IND

-

2547

-

4.0

5

GM

Nepomniachtchi Ian

RUS

-

2703

-

3.5

GM

Kovalenko Igor

UKR

-

2586

-

3.5

7

GM

Panarin Mikhail

RUS

-

2552

-

3.5

8

GM

Kokarev Dmitry

RUS

-

2635

-

3.5

GM

Svetushkin Dmitry

MDA

-

2612

-

3.5

10

GM

Yilmaz Mustafa

TUR

-

2531

-

3.5

11

IM

Goganov Aleksey

RUS

-

2550

-

3.5

IM

Hayrapetyan Hovik

ARM

-

2500

-

3.5

13

GM

Chernobay Artem

RUS

-

2499

-

3.5

14

GM

Maletin Pavel

RUS

-

2571

-

3.5

IM

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi

IND

-

2546

-

3.5

16

GM

Gopal G.N.

IND

-

2545

-

3.5

17

FM

Meribanov Vitaly

BLR

-

2426

-

3.5

18

GM

Nyzhnyk Illya

UKR

-

2637

-

3.0

GM

Sandipan Chanda

IND

-

2590

-

3.0

GM

Danin Alexandre

RUS

-

2578

-

3.0

21

GM

Iljushin Alexei

RUS

-

2508

-

3.0

22

IM

Pavlov Sergey

UKR

-

2471

-

3.0

23

GM

Venkatesh M.R.

IND

-

2501

-

3.0

24

GM

Savchenko Boris

RUS

-

2584

-

3.0

IM

Matinian Nikita

RUS

-

2460

-

3.0

26

GM

Khairullin Ildar

RUS

-

2650

-

3.0

GM

Iturrizaga Eduardo

VEN

-

2646

-

3.0

28

GM

Ganguly Surya Shekhar

IND

-

2626

-

3.0

29

GM

Najer Evgeniy

RUS

-

2647

-

3.0

30

GM

Stupak Kirill

BLR

-

2505

-

3.0

IM

Debashis Das

IND

-

2474

-

3.0

32

GM

Smirnov Pavel

RUS

-

2618

-

3.0

33

GM

Gupta Abhijeet

IND

-

2612

-

3.0

34

GM

Bryzgalin Kirill

RUS

-

2483

-

3.0

35

GM

Durarbayli Vasif

AZE

-

2598

-

3.0

36

GM

Pridorozhni Aleksei

RUS

-

2523

-

3.0

37

IM

Akshayraj Kore

IND

-

2455

-

3.0

38

IM

Kalegin Evgenij

RUS

-

2475

-

3.0

39

GM

Guseinov Gadir

AZE

-

2623

-

3.0

40

Predke Alexandr

RUS

-

2480

-

3.0

IM

Badmatsyrenov Oleg

RUS

-

2472

-

3.0

42

IM

Antipov Mikhail Al.

RUS

-

2472

-

3.0

43

IM

Shukh Nikolai

RUS

-

2413

-

2.5

44

GM

Glek Igor

GER

-

2431

-

2.5

FM

Hernandez Alexander

VEN

-

2266

-

2.5

46

FM

Aghasaryan Robert

ARM

-

2425

-

2.5

47

IM

Kovalev Vladislav

BLR

-

2500

-

2.5

48

FM

Ghosh Diptayan

IND

-

2427

-

2.5

49

Golubov Saveliy

RUS

-

2224

-

2.5

50

GM

Halkias Stelios

GRE

-

2566

-

2.5

51

GM

Khusnutdinov Rustam

KAZ

-

2493

-

2.5

52

IM

Sergienko Sergey

RUS

-

2405

-

2.5

53

GM

Demchenko Anton

RUS

-

2627

-

2.5

GM

Gabuzyan Hovhannes

ARM

-

2517

-

2.5

FM

Petrov Nikita

RUS

-

2312

-

2.5

56

Kassimov Baurzhan

KAZ

-

2295

-

2.5

57

GM

Iskusnyh Sergei

RUS

-

2487

-

2.5

58

GM

Khruschiov Alexey

MDA

-

2431

-

2.5

IM

Konovalov Nikolay

RUS

-

2428

-

2.5

FM

Tsydypov Zhamsaran

RUS

-

2384

-

2.5

61

IM

Tarlev Konstantin

UKR

-

2541

-

2.5

IM

Stany G.A.

IND

-

2456

-

2.5

63

GM

Shomoev Anton

RUS

-

2557

-

2.5

64

GM

Amonatov Farrukh

TJK

-

2625

-

2.5

GM

Harika Dronavalli

IND

-

2514

-

2.5

66

GM

Rakhmanov Aleksandr

RUS

-

2612

-

2.5

IM

Arslanov Shamil

RUS

-

2391

-

2.5

68

IM

Yandarbiev Ruslan

RUS

-

2343

-

2.5

FM

Sanzhaev Darsen

RUS

-

2336

-

2.5

70

GM

Tukhaev Adam

UKR

-

2517

-

2.5

71

GM

Vorobiov Evgeny E.

RUS

-

2584

-

2.5

72

Rzayev Bahruz

AZE

-

2395

-

2.5

Paravyan David

RUS

-

2298

-

2.5

74

IM

Ulko Jaroslav

RUS

-

2442

-

2.5

75

GM

Volkov Sergey

RUS

-

2593

-

2.5

IM

Simonian Tigran

ARM

-

2409

-

2.5

77

GM

Arun Prasad S.

IND

-

2514

-

2.5

IM

Artemiev Vladislav

RUS

-

2502

-

2.5

79

IM

Airapetian Gor

RUS

-

2462

-

2.5

IM

Karavade Eesha

IND

-

2391

-

2.5

81

FM

Savitskiy Sergey

RUS

-

2363

-

2.5

FM

Bogachkov Igor

RUS

-

2348

-

2.5

IM

Rodchenkov Sergey D.

RUS

-

2346

-

2.5

84

IM

Narayanan Srinath

IND

-

2434

-

2.5

IM

Belyakov Bogdan

RUS

-

2406

-

2.5

86

GM

Gavrilov Alexei

RUS

-

2482

-

2.5

IM

Efanov Nikolai

RUS

-

2406

-

2.5

88

IM

Ozolin Maxim

RUS

-

2386

-

2.5

89

GM

Gabrielian Artur

RUS

-

2579

-

2.5

CM

Petrosyan Manuel

ARM

-

2291

-

2.5

91

Iljiushenok Ilia

RUS

-

2408

-

2.5

92

GM

Kabanov Nikolai

RUS

-

2470

-

2.5

93

IM

Bernadskiy Vitaliy

UKR

-

2503

-

2.5

94

Yaksin Oleg

RUS

-

2411

-

2.5

95

FM

Grib Roman

BLR

-

2378

-

2.0

96

IM

Sharafiev Azat

RUS

-

2433

-

2.0

97

FM

Seliverstov Vladimir

RUS

-

2433

-

2.0

98

FM

Gerasimov Ivan

RUS

-

2311

-

2.0

99

FM

Rozhko Dmitry

RUS

-

2334

-

2.0

100

IM

Zenzera Alexey

RUS

-

2399

-

2.0

101

FM

Moiseev Gumar

RUS

-

2375

-

2.0

102

IM

Demidov Mikhail

RUS

-

2457

-

2.0

103

IM

Bajarani Ulvi

AZE

-

2441

-

2.0

FM

Nikologorskiy Konstantin

RUS

-

2390

-

2.0

IM

Kotenko Pavel

RUS

-

2387

-

2.0

FM

Kolomensky Vladimir

RUS

-

2238

-

2.0

107

FM

Dzhangobegov Vladimir

RUS

-

2381

-

2.0

108

IM

Potapov Pavel

RUS

-

2444

-

2.0

Aitbayev Aslan

KAZ

-

2441

-

2.0

110

GM

Yandemirov Valeri

RUS

-

2427

-

2.0

111

IM

Gusarov Grigory

RUS

-

2324

-

2.0

112

FM

Khatoev Eduard

RUS

-

2305

-

2.0

IM

Rjabzev Konstantin

RUS

-

2279

-

2.0

114

FM

Belousov Danila

RUS

-

2349

-

2.0

Kapov Albert

RUS

-

2190

-

2.0

FM

Tologontegin Semetey

KGZ

-

2350

-

2.0

117

Kovtunenko Alexandr

RUS

-

2166

-

2.0

118

FM

Chekhov Sergei

RUS

-

2444

-

2.0

119

Triapishko Olexandr

UKR

-

2117

-

2.0

120

FM

Terentjev Vladislav

RUS

-

2301

-

2.0

121

IM

Mohota Nisha

IND

-

2327

-

2.0

122

WGM

Gomes Mary Ann

IND

-

2394

-

2.0

123

FM

Zakharov Aleksej

RUS

-

2334

-

2.0

124

FM

Solovjev Nikolay

RUS

-

2303

-

2.0

125

Bulatov Ramil

RUS

-

2248

-

2.0

126

WGM

Nakhbayeva Guliskhan

KAZ

-

2353

-

2.0

127

FM

Tekeyev Zaur

RUS

-

2335

-

2.0

128

IM

Kanter Eduard

RUS

-

2410

-

2.0

129

IM

Virovlansky Semen

RUS

-

2447

-

2.0

130

FM

Nozdrachev Leonid

RUS

-

2383

-

2.0

131

Demianjuk Alexander

RUS

-

2356

-

2.0

132

Litvinov Maxim

RUS

-

2107

-

2.0

133

GM

Klimov Sergey

RUS

-

2504

-

2.0

134

Pletnev Evgeniy

RUS

-

2332

-

2.0

135

IM

Appolonov Sergey

RUS

-

2378

-

2.0

136

WGM

Padmini Rout

IND

-

2307

-

2.0

137

IM

Pasiev Rakhim

RUS

-

2406

-

2.0

138

WIM

Abdulla Khayala

AZE

-

2203

-

2.0

139

Mikaelyan Arman

ARM

-

2208

-

2.0

140

IM

Shuraev Andrei

RUS

-

2355

-

1.5

Korchmar Vasiliy

RUS

-

2280

-

1.5

Gorozhanin Mikhail

RUS

-

2266

-

1.5

Geivondian Arman

RUS

-

2168

-

1.5

144

Tunik Sergey

RUS

-

2120

-

1.5

145

IM

Ageichenko Genadi A

RUS

-

2288

-

1.5

146

FM

Faizrakhmanov Ramil

RUS

-

2317

-

1.5

147

GM

Balashov Yuri S

RUS

-

2481

-

1.5

148

FM

Grishchenko Sergey

RUS

-

2484

-

1.5

FM

Yuferev Oleg

RUS

-

2306

-

1.5

150

GM

Askarov Marat

RUS

-

2494

-

1.5

GM

Krapivin Alexander

RUS

-

2435

-

1.5

152

Oganisjn Roman

RUS

-

2254

-

1.5

153

Michelle Catherina P

IND

-

2105

-

1.5

154

GM

Bezgodov Alexei

RUS

-

2502

-

1.5

155

Mihoubi Saad

ALG

-

2012

-

1.5

156

FM

Gordievsky Dmitry

RUS

-

2442

-

1.5

157

IM

Nyudleev Dolgan

RUS

-

2372

-

1.5

158

Gurkin Anton

KAZ

-

2262

-

1.5

159

IM

G. Akash

IND

-

2407

-

1.5

IM

Shvedchikov Anatoli I.

RUS

-

2391

-

1.5

161

IM

Gagarin Vasilij

RUS

-

2325

-

1.5

162

Shahinyan David

ARM

-

2358

-

1.5

Tregubov Andrei

RUS

-

2349

-

1.5

164

Sychev Klementy

RUS

-

2341

-

1.5

WGM

Soumya Swaminathan

IND

-

2291

-

1.5

166

FM

Lyanguzov Oleg

RUS

-

2329

-

1.5

167

GM

Petrosian Davit G.

ARM

-

2444

-

1.5

168

Vavulin Maksim

RUS

-

2311

-

1.5

169

IM

Kostin Alexey

RUS

-

2336

-

1.5

FM

Piskunov Alexandr

RUS

-

2325

-

1.5

WGM

Kiran Manisha Mohanty

IND

-

2188

-

1.5

172

FM

Rozanov Pavel B.

RUS

-

2236

-

1.5

173

FM

Makhmutov Rail

RUS

-

2358

-

1.5

174

Samdanov Samdan

RUS

-

2260

-

1.5

Tarasov Alexandr

RUS

-

2167

-

1.5

176

FM

Kigel Dmytro

UKR

-

2368

-

1.5

177

Stegariu Vlad-Ionut

ROU

-

2201

-

1.5

178

IM

Chigaev Maksim

RUS

-

2464

-

1.5

179

WGM

Cherednichenko Svetlana

UKR

-

2307

-

1.5

Dibrov Ilya

RUS

-

2301

-

1.5

181

GM

Khismatullin Denis

RUS

-

2655

-

1.5

IM

Skomorokhin Roman

RUS

-

2352

-

1.5

183

IM

Belov Igor

RUS

-

2437

-

1.5

184

FM

Mikhailov Viacheslav

RUS

-

2323

-

1.5

185

IM

Loskutov Oleg

RUS

-

2405

-

1.0

186

Shlauzer Andrey

RUS

-

2160

-

1.0

187

FM

Kostin Konstantin

RUS

-

2310

-

1.0

188

Afanasiev Nikita

RUS

-

2255

-

1.0

189

Kasimov Maksim

RUS

-

0

-

1.0

190

Kuprijanov Anatoly

RUS

-

2213

-

1.0

191

Krivenko Sergey

RUS

-

2348

-

1.0

Prokopchuk Yury

RUS

-

2332

-

1.0

Klyuev Alexander S.

RUS

-

2227

-

1.0

194

Myshkin Nikita

RUS

-

2285

-

1.0

195

IM

Gorbatov Alexej

RUS

-

2366

-

1.0

196

Pugachev Artem

RUS

-

2209

-

1.0

197

Akhmetov Ayan

KAZ

-

2337

-

1.0

198

Barsamian Eduard

RUS

-

2241

-

1.0

WFM

Bharathi R.

IND

-

2099

-

1.0

WFM

Monnisha Gk

IND

-

2055

-

1.0

201

WFM

Pujari Rucha

IND

-

2100

-

1.0

202

IM

Krapivin Vladislav

RUS

-

2363

-

1.0

203

Kozhevnikov Ivan

RUS

-

2141

-

1.0

204

Sarana Alexey

RUS

-

2229

-

1.0

205

Gurvich Vitaly

RUS

-

1902

-

1.0

206

Gevorgyan David

ARM

-

2452

-

1.0

Tleptsok Ruslan

RUS

-

2327

-

1.0

208

IM

Pozin Sergey

RUS

-

2391

-

1.0

Yakimenko Alexander A.

RUS

-

2184

-

1.0

210

FM

Musakaev Emil

RUS

-

2365

-

1.0

211

Subbotin Andrey

RUS

-

2038

-

1.0

212

Mischerikov Alexey

RUS

-

0

-

1.0

213

Sbitnev Andrey

RUS

-

2196

-

1.0

214

Tirado Henry

VEN

-

2222

-

1.0

215

Kalinin Nikita

RUS

-

2158

-

0.5

216

FM

Minko Vladimir

RUS

-

2281

-

0.5

217

FM

Chommyyev Mihail

TKM

-

2208

-

0.5

218

FM

Egorov Dmitry

RUS

-

2332

-

0.5

219

Yeletsky Ivan

RUS

-

2156

-

0.5

220

FM

Duzhakov Ilya

RUS

-

2324

-

0.5

Khanin Semen

RUS

-

2232

-

0.5

222

Zizlova Sofia

RUS

-

2129

-

0.5

223

Romanov Stanislav

RUS

-

2103

-

0.5

224

Bolychevsky Alexander

RUS

-

1845

-

0.5

225

Temirov Bakhyt

KAZ

-

2287

-

0.0

Tugarin Anton

RUS

-

2126

-

0.0

227

GM

Krasenkow Michal

POL

-

2643

-

0.0

GM

Turov Maxim

RUS

-

2599

-

0.0

GM

Ghaem Maghami Ehsan

IRI

-

2568

-

0.0

IM

Karpov Vadim

RUS

-

2366

-

0.0

IM

Kashtanov Ruslan

RUS

-

2346

-

0.0

Marchuk Maxim

RUS

-

2180

-

0.0

233

Piskun Alexey

RUS

-

2205

-

0.0

Women's Open - Round 4

In the Open section for women, there are also 4 leaders: IM Evgenija Ovod, IM Marina Romanko, FM Lanita Stetsko and WFM Lidia Tomnikova.

The rating favorite Anastasia Bodnaruk took advantage of the slightly careless play of her opponent to get a 26-moves win. The game was fierce tactical fight, but Anastasia Bodnaruk was able to out-calculate Anna Styazhkina and get the full point. She now stands at 3.5/4 and improves her stance in the tournament.

Styazhkina had to make some difficult decisions from the beginning of the middlegame, and Bodnaruk proved to be stronger in the tactical complications. Black resigned on move 26, when a loss of material was unavoidable.

With this victory, Burak has caught up with the leaders at 3,0/4, and given the excellent form he has shown in these rounds, he has become a favorite to get the title in this round-robin event.

The only decisive game of the round was a very sharp Ruy Lopez, where a dynamic balance was held during most part of the game: White had very active rooks supporting his passed pawn on the queenside, while Black had two pieces for a rook and a strong pawn on g2.

Finally, in the time-trouble frenzy, Mikhail Mozharov played the inaccurate 39…Kh7, which allowed White to get an extra piece by force (or Black would lose the queen). Definitely a very exciting game between the two young talents!

Young Grandmasters Tournament - Standings after 4 rounds:

1

IM

Eliseev Urii

RUS

-

2525

-

3.0

2

IM

Firat Burak

TUR

-

2406

-

3.0

3

IM

Belous Vladimir

RUS

-

2553

-

3.0

4

GM

Shimanov Aleksandr

RUS

-

2640

-

2.5

5

IM

Stukopin Andrey

RUS

-

2495

-

2.0

6

GM

Krejci Jan

CZE

-

2529

-

1.5

7

IM

Mozharov Mikhail

RUS

-

2510

-

1.5

8

IM

Reshetnikov Alexey

RUS

-

2508

-

1.5

9

GM

Sethuraman S.P.

IND

-

2538

-

1.0

10

GM

Hovhannisyan Robert

ARM

-

2630

-

1.0

Altanulzii Enkhtuul - Dina Drozdova

In the Young Grandmasters Tournament for women, WGM Dinara Saduakassova is still in the sole lead with 3.5/4 points after making a relatively quick draw against IM Anastasia Savina.

The only Mongolian player of the group, WIM Altanulzii Enkhtuul, is Saduakassova’s closest competitor at 1 point distance. She defeated the untitled Russian Dina Drozdova in just 19 moves. Black had already made a big mistake at move 11th, when she moved her king to h8 in order to put the knight on g8. This anti-development moves allowed the Mongolian to push her central e-pawn down the board, which resulted in a deadly attack put forth only by a knight and the threat of a smothered mate. The final position is very illustrative and is another clear example of the importance of development in the opening: four of Black pieces are in their initial squares.